Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Hal Wegner Wakes Up ACI Biotech Patents Forum in Boston

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Warren Woessner

On Sept. 30th, Harold C. (Hal) Wegner gave a talk on current developments that emphasized the importance of inter partes reexamination, particularly as a weapon of patent destruction. His opinion, summarized by me, is that KSR is increasingly being applied … Continue reading →

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Guessing Right Is Not Sufficient — The Ghost Of Rasmusson Walks Among Us!

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Warren Woessner

Rasmussen v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 413 F.3d 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (link below) was a truly scary decision that many of us practitioners hoped would be ignored by future Fed. Cir. panels as an aberration brought on by over-extensive prosecution, … Continue reading →

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WARF and Life Sciences in Wisconsin – A Memoir

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Warren Woessner

Yesterday and today, the Minneapolis StarTribune has run lengthy stories contrasting the development of the biotechnology industry in Wisconsin with that in Minnesota. Today’s story focuses on the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and its successful efforts to found and … Continue reading →

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Does a Slideshow Show Too Much? In re Klopfenstein Revisited

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Warren Woessner

In re Lister, the Federal Circuit repeatedly cited In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (link below), a decision that held that a poster presentation that was available for viewing at a meeting for 2-3 days was a … Continue reading →

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